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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-04-11, Page 1In for an early dip Summer is still a couple of months away but the Crediton river was invaded early this week by a trio of boys anxious to try out their swimming skills. In the picture above, taken Monday afternoon Gary Dinney, Randy Quesnel and Kenny Smith are enjoying their dip in the chilly waters. — T-A photo Kids look for bargains Youngsters have found that the annual South Huron Hospital Auxiliary rummage sale has many bargains for them, and as can be seen in the faces above, the kids study the merchandise very carefully. However, they sometimes find that "he who hesitates is lost" as some items were snatched from beneath their noses. The Auxiliary report a profit of over $1,000 from the sale which attracted huge crowds. Magistrate returns Highway use not clear Has -many educational uses 14am radio eqUipinent installed At814DHS hatrelhailY edndational 'Uses and IS also interesting several boys frein the standpoint of a hObbY. An Electric Club has been formed and the lb nienibera will soon be Able to communicate with hams around the world. The eqiiipitient Will alto be used for teaching elec- tronics and geography. Members of the Electric Club are :theft here listening in as Clark Forrest Ora' Het on a conversation with a ham operator in Nov. York, 'The Ilentall area student is a licensed operator .at is SIID148 technital. director Walter Fydencliuk, showh in the tenter of the group. T-A Otto Ninety,third Ysar EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 11, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Spending nears one million; but no hike in HS mill rate * I nvite teens and parents to hear expert speakers on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and is open to all who are interested, regardless of their religious af- filiations. Four experts will present help- ful information to the area teens and their parents in the program being arranged by the committee of Rev. Howard Zurbrigg, Credit- They also agreed that the new leader is not known within the party ranks across the country and one of his big jobs will be in making himself known to party supporters. Edgar said he had no plans at the present to run for parliament again under Trudeau's leader- ship. "Time will tell," he said. The two Huron delegates dis- counted reports that some bad feelings were created in the elec- tion. "There are naturally some wounds, but the campaign was not bitter," Edgar stated. "I don't think there were bad feelings," Steckle added. "All the candidates knew that only one man could win." The area farmer, who repre- sented Huron's young Liberals, indicated that persons watching the weekend event- on TV may have had more inside information than most delegates. He said it was most diffidult to foiloW the manoeuvres between ballots. "There was no sense trying to believe what you heard," he added, noting that rumors Were flying throughout the election as to the position various candidates Were taking as thetote§lvere re- Need, ""People at, home saw things I didn't," Steckle donitnetited, Liberal delegates happy with choice Following on the success of last year's marriage seminar, the South Huron Ministerial As- sociation will continue their pro- gram with a Teen and Parent Seminar this year. The seminar will be held at South Huron District High School Delegates from the weekend Liberal convention returned to Huron over the weekend, and re- ports from two of them indicate they were satisfied with the re- sults although neither started out backing Pierre Trudeau. "It may be the best thing that ever happened to the Liberal party," stated Paul Steckle, RR 2 Zurich, who went with Paul Hell- yer in the voting. "The people wanted him and the press wanted him," he added. SHDHS teacher Mait Edgar, who contested the last Huron election for the Liberals, said it was evident upon arrival at the convention that Trudeau was in the driver's seat. Both he and Steckle suggested the press coverage giVeti deau had assisted him tremend- ously and Steckle indicated it may have been a different con- vention if all candidates had re- ceived equal coverage, but he added that he didn't know if the outcome would have been any dif- ferent. Kids backed Trudeau too Students at 814D118 are clearly in accord with the choke oftell, ada's new Prime At an election held at the school; Friday, sindentt gaVe Pierre Tredean. an overwhelm- ing majority and needed only One ballot On which to de it. The students picked the new Liberal leader on 526 ballots, which Was over 10 times the support given the filtier-0i Paid Hellyer. Mr. Hellyer received 51 votes and John Turner and J. .1 Greene scored 21 and 20 retpedtively. Paul Martin folltiVed With 17 and Hobert WinterS had five. Rev. Lloyd Henderson ed one vote from an 84D148 dent, Whith was one More than he received at the Ottawa convention. Ernest Zeendeli who WithdreW freill the race about 30 minutes before Voting: on ,Saturday, also had one supporter' at the high school. The ittidentS Were given blank sheets on which to write their etiotheS rind part of the idea of the election was to see how welt they'knew the candidates- in the rate. The results indicated they Were indeed Welt Miernied, although tette Pearson received three voter, Robert Kennedy had fife Pleate turn to page 3 "We're getting pretty close to one million dollars worth of busi- ness, aren't we?" That was a comment m ad e Tuesday by SHDHS board chair- man Jack Morrissey after the board approved their 1968 budget caning for an expenditure of $923,539.30. While this is an increase of almost $125,000 over last year, area ratepayers will be pleased to learn that there will be no in- crease in the mill rate of 19 mills. In presenting the budget, fi- nance committee chairman Iry Armstrong noted that the rate would be held at the 19 mills established last year. This is possible through in- creased grants and a surplus of Three crash parked cars For the past two weeks the Exeter OPP have reported a number of crashes as a result of cars going out of control and into ditches, and all three accid- ents this week involved parked cars. The most serious occurred on Wednesday at 9:10 p.m. when a car operated by Charles Corey, Exeter, collided with a parked car owned by Jack B. Sorensen, Hensall. The crash took place on High- way 84 in Hensall and Corey suf- fered a sore chest while a pass- enger, Clifford Mitchell, also of Exeter, sustained a bump on the forehead. Damage was listed at $700 by Constable D. A. Lamont, who in- vestigated all three accidents this week. On Thursday at 4;00 p.m. a truck operated by Leo A. Hoff- man, RR 3 Zurich, collided with a parked car owned by Gertrude Tiedeman, Grand Bend. The crash occurred on No. 2 County Road in Dashwood and damage was estimated at $200. Minor damage of $50 was re- ported at 12;35 a.m.Sunday, when a car driven by Charles W. Dal- rymple, RR 2 Kippen, backed into another vehicle at a drive-in ice cream stand in Hensall. Dalrymple was backing up when his car struck a parked car park- ed by William T. Murray, RR 5 Seaforth. The Exeter OPP were also notified this week by Harr y Dougall, RR 3 Exeter, that the electric wiring had been stripped — Please turn to page 3 Eighteen SHDHS boys huddled in a small room at the school, Thursday, and listened intently as technical di rector Walter Fydenchuk and student Clark. Forrest carried on a conversa- tion with a man in Palmyra, NeW York. Later they were talking to a former SHDHS student, Tom Ben,- nett, Who now resides in St. Thomas, The students are members of the recently fortned Electric Club at the school and the conversa- tient they were listening to were being carried ever ham radio eqiiipinent at the school. Ham radio equipment may be $117,097.70 from 1967. In ad- dition, an increased assessment provides about $7,000 more than the 19 mills raised in Canada's centennial year, Although salary negotiations have not been completed with the teachers, the board's main in- crease in expenses will be in in- structional salaries. About $87,000 more has been estimated than last year and this is to cover the anticipated in- crease in salaries plus the ad- ditional number of teachers which will be required. Management committee chair- man Don Joynt told the board the first round of talks has been held with the teachers, and furth- er talks are planned. Area taxpayers will contribute $313,284.60 on the 1968 budget, with debenture payments cover- ing $113,505 of that amount. Provincial grants are estim- ated at $454,927. While the mill rate has been held at 19 mills for the current year, it is of interest to note that it has climbed considerably in recent years. As an example, back in 1949 it was 1.7 and in 1961 it had only climbed to seven. It has been going up in leaps and bounds since then, and there are those who are warning that it will continue to increase under the new county system to come into effect in 1969. Education minister William Davis has even suggested that education costs will bankrupt the province within five years. Regarding the proposed county system, Liberal Robert Nixon sent a letter to the board ad- vising that the Liberals would be opposing the plan and sug- gested that boards take the time to put their views before the provincial committee in the best interests of taxpayers of On- tario. "The case is already lost," commented Garnet Hicks. The board took no action on the let- ter. — Please turn to page 3 Set new date for preliminary The preliminary hearing for two area men charged with non- capital murder was changed to May '7 and 8 during a court ses- sion in Goderich, Monday. It had been previously set for one week later. Charged with non-capital murder are Kenneth Gloor, Cen- tralia, and Joseph Polzen, RR 1 Exeter. considered an educational "frill" by some people, but such an opinion quickly disappears after listening to Mr. Fydenchuk ex- plain the uses to which the equip- ment will be made. First of all, it will play an important part in teaching com- munications electronics at SHDHS, and there's every in- dication that the teacher will have no difficulty in keeping the students interested. Establish dates to open school The official opening of the new vocational wing at SI4D148 was tentatively set fOr the latter part of May at the board's meeting, Tuesday. Principal .1. L. 'Wooden pro- tented a plan to hold the event on tWO hight, with the first consisting of a dinner on May 27 to which board members, area civic and senior gOVernirient rep tetentatiVeS Would be invited. It was ttiggested "between 30 and 100 people would attend the dinner'in the titheal"t cafeteria at Which tithe the formal Opening and dedication *bind take place. Thit would be felleWed OnWed- nesday, may 29 with an Invitation to the general public to view the addition and partake in the' hitk, en barbecue Whith Will be SChed-, tiled after an absence of A couple Of years. At that tithe, there *Old .be displays All departments, phis' a program consisting of choral numbers, a one-act play and musical thinbers bythe'Stiidentai This procedure has been tared by a tuber Of boards. A committee Of Carnet Peter Raymond and V. MacLareh was 'nanied to Work With the principal and lAsitieSt administ'r'ator in preparing plans for the event and securing Speaker. Magistrate Glen Hays, Q.C., returned to duty after a lengthy absence due to illness and pre- sided over his first Exeter court, Friday morning. One of his cases involved the confusing situation regarding Ex- eter's Main St. south of Huron and Magistrate Hays reserved his decision on the matter until may 10. The case centred around a charge laid against Robert Cut- ting, Exeter, who was charged with making an improper left turn on February 10. The court was told that Cutting was proceeding south and was in the west line of the highway and was involved in an accident with another southbound car drivenby Edward Lawson, Woodham. The accident occurred when Cutting proceeded to turn left at Simcoe Street. Visibility at the time of the accident was almost nil and the highway was extremely slippery. The case hinges in part on whether or not the highway in this area is actually a four-lane highway or whether the lane on the west side is a parking lane only. Mr. Cutting was represented by E. D. Bell, Q.C., duty officer, who contended that the accused was hit while driving in his own lane. Mr. Hays indicated he would have to have the matter of the highway designation clarified be- The equipment will also be made available to the students as a hobby during activity period and on evenings and weekends. At least eight of the 18 boys in the Electric Clubhave already started to learn morse code, Which is one of the prerequisites for Obtaining a government lic- ente to operate a ham radio station, Clark Forrest, a Hensall area student, is already a licensed ham operator and will take charge of the SHDHS station. Mr. Fyden- chuk is also a ham operator. The present transmitter-re- ceiver at SHDHS has a Workable range within a radius of 300 miles, but when the installation of aerials is completed the stu- dents will be able to communicate on world-wide amateur channels. This will open up further edu- catietial possibilities as plans call for the school's geography club and classes to communicate with halt operators in other Coml. tries to make their studies more interesting. JOB OPENINGS "There are liniitletSpostibil, itiet for using the equipment as learning aids;" the school's tech- nical director explained, adding that job opportunities In the dolt-. munidatient field Were very ex- tenSiVe. Mr. Fydenchuk reported that when he was teaching at Dryden, the schOol's geography club Ohl ,- Milidated with a school Indian, by, Otiebed, and Were able to gain an insight into life In Quebec and around Granby in general. They were told there was much maple syrup produced at Granby arid Soon after the conversation, Seine jugs of `syrup arrived at Dryden from the students Granby. 'The recipients cooked up settle pancakes and 'had a real feed. Because' all amateur operators around the world Must know the "international language" of fore he could reach his decision. The stiffest traffic fine handed down was against Randy S. Weber, Exeter, who pleaded guilty to a charge of creating unnecessary noise on March 27. He was fined $35 and costs. The court was told Weber was going south on Main St. and was spinning his car tires and the motor was roaring. He left tire marks measuring 189 feet at one point. A fine of $20 was levied against Bruce David Shirray, Hensall, JACK MALONE Youths form club morse code, the students can tcommunicate with them all. However, Mr. Fydenchuk noted that most hams have a working knowledge of English and he spends many enjoyable hours listening in on conversations of fellow hams around the world. .He finds it enjoyable listening while working in his home. EXCHANGE GREETING At Christmas time, the Credi- ton resident was listening to two chaps on a long distance fre- quency and realized that one was apersonal friend in Hamilton. He couldn't speak to the Harrill- thn man because of the intricacies of long-range frequencies, butte asked the other chap to extend Christmas greetings on his be- half, In further conversation he learned that his Christmas greet ,- ing to a friend in 'Hamilton had been relayed by an operator in England. Similar to most ham Operators, Mr. FydenchulOt knowledge of geography, social customs and history of many sections in the world is quite extensive. He indicates that this is one of the benefits the local students Will enjoy. It was noted that any SHDHS bOys interested in becoming hare operators can get on the air for an enienditure of about $50 by buying used equipment, or if they are resourceful they can as- semble their own equipment for about $15 Worth of radio parts. After the tlectric Club mem hers had departed Thursday afternoon after a picture taking 'session, T-A editor Bill Batten was invited to listen in on the equipment and while the aerials 'haven't been erected for long distance use' as yet, we were still able to pick Up a conversation involving a feinale ham enthutlast in , enettiela WhO WAS noting that she was enjoying the pleasant Weather at the present although winter 'would soon be arriving. for travelling at a speed of 80 in a 60 m.p.h, zone, and Juriaan Lenson, London, paid $10 for a speed of 46 in a 30 zone. Fines of $15 each were levied against Samuel John Miller, Dashwood, and Agnes M. Lam-, priere, Zurich, on identical charges of failing to yield. Both were involved in recent accid- ents. Bert Bax, Woodham, paid $10 for failing to have vehicle license plates in a conspicuous place and, Norman P. Koehler, Zurich, was fined $10 for driving a vehicle with defective brakes. Two liquor offences were heard with William Riley, Cr edito n, paying $35 for having liquor in a place other than his residence, and Larry D. Preszcator, Credit- on, paying $30 on the same charge. CE manager no stranger When most people move, they often have difficulties in arrang- ing furniture in their new home. However, that's not going to be any problem for Jack Malone, who this week commenced duties as the new manager of the Cen- tralia Industrial Park for the Ontario Development Corpora- tion, Mr. Malone is no stranger to the area, having served at CFB Centralia and was the Squadron Leader in charge of the rear de- tachment. He left in June of last year and will move back into the house he vacated at that time. "We like this part of the coun- try," he said Monday in explain- ing his decision to take an early retirement from the Armed Forces to accept the position at C entralia. When he left Centralia, Mr. Malone was assigned to the di- rector general of postings and careers at Ottawa headquarters, and was responsible for the post- ing of some 9,000 ranked armed forces personnel. Coming back to Centralia also moves he and his wife closer to their two children. Janice is presently in the final year of her registered nurses course at St. Thomas and Bill is in pre-mods at University of Western Ontario. In making the announcement Of Mr. Malone's appointment, ODC vice-president Alan Etchen said he expects one and possibly two more industries will an- nounce plans within six weeks to join the four firms already in operation or planning to locate plants at Centralia. He also reported 60 of the more than 360 houses at Huron Park have been rented. Cdr hits bridge, damage is high bamage was estimated at slightly over $700 when two dais collided near the bridge on Ex- eter's Main Street Saturday at 6M pain. Drivers involved were Barry L. Oreenacre, 156 Church St. St. Marys, and John MeKinley, AR 1, Zurich. McKinley was in the lead as the two cars proceeded north and Greetiacte was in the pro- cess' Of passing When hit cat Stil& the rear corner of the One ahead and pushed it into the bridge. Dan' Age to the McKinley ear was "estimated at $600 by -, don stable George 'Robertson, and $125 to the Greenacre vehicle, Greellatte also sustained out lip in the riceiderit. on, and Rev. Andrew Blackwell, Zurich. The four authorities are: Rev. Frank P. Fidler, associate sec- retary of the Board of Christian Education of the United Church of Canada; Professor John Cos- som, assistant professor of so- cial work at Waterloo Lutheran University; Dr. Reinhold Riese, of the child guidance clinic, Vic- toria Hospital; Father J. P. Finn, a Roman Catholic educator and resident at St. Joseph's Hospital. Each of the four will speak for 20 minutes and there will be an opportunity for the parents or teenagers to ask specific ques- tions that may not be answered in the talks. "We hope to help both the parents and teenagers see their respective and mutual problems more clearly," Rev. Zurbrigg stated. He indicated a further hope that some guidance would be re- ceived towards solving some of the existing problems that con- front parents and teenagers as well as providing information that may ward off potential prob- lems. SHDHS Principal J. L. Wooden has indicated that the high school will promote the seminar in an effort to have as many of the students as possible attend. Mr. Wooden will be moderator for a reaction panel at the con- clusion of the meeting. Other members of the panel will be SHDHS guidance director Ken Lawton, Huron Children's Aid Society director Miss Clare Mc- Gowan and three SHDHS students, Brenda Noakes, John Godbolt and Trudy Stover. They will be presenting their reaction fo the information sup- plied by the speakers. Members of the audience will also be broken into smaller groups for more intimate dis- cussion with the fear speakers. Admission is 50 cents per person. Has many educational uses Ham radio equipment no frill